My visitors love the PFA talk but the bells on startup get annoying. Other than waiting through the four(?) 30-second cycles, how can we enjoy "cab talk" w/o the lengthy bells?
Wally
"Going back to my (train) roots"
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You only get the bells when the PSA is activated and they should stop shortly after the train comes to a stop. I never heard of the bells ringing afterward.
all of my engines (9) have the bell ringing when starting to move again after the PFA sequence ends. The engine remains uncontrollable, in a sense, until the bell stops ringing.
TO address the question, I would have to say 'no, it's a built in part of PFA'.
- walt
Walt has it right, the bell is part of the PSAs on most PSAs maybe all of them.
However most sound files have short cab chatter and you can find then under the "more" soft key.
To completely get out of the PSA, just press the PSA button again and you don't have to go through the different announcements. You immediately regain control of the engine.
When cycling through the sounds are you pressing the direction button? I get bells like Walt. Activation, bells until I hit the Direction button then train stops. hear some stuff then press direction, more stuff direction, more stuff direction. hear all aboard doors close bell rings train starts when bell stops ringing control is turned back over to hand held.
Wally,
As soon as the bells start press the direction button. You don't have to wait 30 seconds to stop the engine.
when the bell starts ringing hit the pfa and shut it off and back to normal
